Two-wheeled vehicle



(No Model.)

L. C0O1\IEY,J1-l

TWO WHEBLED VEHICLE.

No. 375,130. Patented Deo.20,188'7.

lhxnTEri STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LUKE COONEY, JR., OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN.

Two-WHEELED VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. No. 375,130, datedDecember 20, 1887.

Application filed May 15, 1887. Serial No. 238,360. (No modell) To allwhom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, LUKE COONEY, Jr., a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Kalaniazoo, county of Kalamazoo, State of Michigan, haveinvented a new and useful Two- Wheeled Vehicle, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to vehicles having a body fulcrumed at theforward endto the thills or cross-bar of the thills and supported overthe axle by spiral springs; and it has for its object the belowdescribedconstruction and peculiar association of parts.

In the drawings, formingapart of this specitleation, Figure l is a sideelevation with one thill broken away and one wheel removed; Fig. 2, aplan of about one-half the vehicle, and Fig. 3 shows enlarged lettereddetails in perspective.

Referring to the lettered parts of the drawings, l? are the seat bars orbody, fulcrulned in the ordinary manner to the thills, or thillerossbar, if preferred. The spiral springs o have a rearwardly-extendedbar, c, attached to the axle, (or other suitable support,) preferably bya shackle, a, and at theinner end of the spiral thespring extends in abar, c', forward, and then rearward in V shape, or any other suitableform. This latter bar, c', is rigidly attached atsuitable points to holdit firmly to the beamst' of the body, about in the center, as indicated,bystaples, in Fig. 3, so as to fix `the springs o horizontally andlaterally pro` jecting from the sides of the bodyP, Fig. 2.

It will be observed that the part of the 3 5 spring shown at o is merelyfor securely attaching and holding the spiral o, and does not in anysense have a spring action beyond the staple S, Fig. 3.

Among the points of utility, aside from the 4o well-known desirableaction of spiral springs, may be named simplicity and ease ofconstruction, less strain on the thills, and less danger of the springsbreaking.

Having thus described my invention, what 45 I claim is l. Incombination, the fulcrumed body or seatbars, the axle, and the spiralsprings attached to the sides of the body, and having the rear barsshackled to the axle and the for- 5o wardly-bent bar rigidly attached tothe under side of the body, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination, the fulcrumed body, the axle, and the spiral springsatthc sides of the body, said springs having the V-bars rigidly 55attached to transverse beams beneath the body, and having the rear barsshackled 4to the axle, substantially as set forth.

In testimony of the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name inpresence of two 6o witnesses.

LUKE COONEY, JR.

Witnesses:

GEO. D. B. HALL,

EDwaRD VROEQTNDENUY.

